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Originally Posted by Evo
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Originally Posted by RC45
The great part is that since Ford no longer owns the name GT40... these guys could very use it..   -- wouldn't that be a "last laugh" at Ford for not paying up to buy back the name...  |
I though the new Ford Supercar called GT40 ?? or al I missing something ? |
No, it's called the Ford GT. They couldn't buy the GT40 trademark back.
"Just as with many classic sportscars, several companies made replicas of the GT40 - of varying quality. One of the best such companies was Safir Engineering, which bought the rights to the name "GT40" in 1985, and built cars until 1999 with chassis numbers continuing the sequence where the original Ford cars stopped."
BTW, I found the spec for the VBM at
http://gtfrance.free.fr/historique_vbm.html
- Chassis tubulaire avec panneaux alu rivetés et fond carbonne
- Carrosserie en résine polyester et fibre de carbonne
- Suspension Avant & Arrière de type triangles superposés avec combinés ressort-amortisseur
- moteur PRV 3 litres V6 bi-turbo (non porteur)
- boite de vitesse Hewland DGB 5 rapports
- poids 1050 kg
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